Dead Man Killing Himself
One of the many grotesque realities involved in the administration of the death penalty is the fact that condemned prisoners are not permitted to kill themselves; that privilege is reserved for the...
View ArticleMaine Legislature Votes to Study Solitary Confinement Practices–But Not to...
Everyone concerned with solitary confinement has been closely watching a landmark effort in the Maine state legislature to pass a bill that would have significantly limited the practice in state...
View ArticleThe Machinery of Death: Some Death Row Prisoners Can Still Opt for Firing...
The state of Utah is going to allow death row inmate Ronnie Lee Gardner to choose how he dies–as long as he chooses either lethal injection or a firing squad. Gardner is one of a shrinking groups of...
View Article“Fatal Flaws” in the Colorado Solitary Confinement Study
Guest Post by Stuart Grassian, M.D. Editors’ Note: The Colorado Department of Corrections recently released the controversial results of a year-long, federally funded study conducted at the Colorado...
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